Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,316 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Boston busing crisis, Soiling of Old Glory by Stanley Forman, 1976
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(1974) Boston Busing Case
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John Lewis (1940-2020)
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(1964) Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet”
1928 St. Louis Stars
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St. Louis Stars (St. Louis Giants) (1906-1943)

Explore Global African History

Colton map of Upper Canada (Later Ontario), 1855
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(1846) Lewis Richardson, “I am Free From American Slavery” 1846
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The South Sudanese Civil War (2013- )
Samia Suluhu Hassan
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Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960- )
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Eshetu Chole (1945-1998)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Slavery in Oregon: The Reuben Shipley Saga
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226
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“Going South: William Fontaine’s Trip to Virginia, 1948”
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Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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